'What did I tell you? Anything we need, the island will produce it for us, even a girl'.

I was born on Christmas Day 1986 while My Mum was in agony no doubt cursing me for my already inconvienient nature My Dad watched Swiss Family Robinsons with a paper hat on his head on a labour ward. My three older sisters after being awoken at 3am to hurridly open presents so my Mum could get to Hospital and get on with the job at hand ate turkey in a neighbours house plotting names like Jesus for me.

Having my Birthday on Christmas day has on the whole been something I may have been a little ungrateful for in the past. I always felt I was missing out on something everyone else had which was a normal birthday in which no one else got presents and cards and you felt really special. I for many years declared absolute war on Christmas and spent a few stoned and bitter in my bed untill dinner was ready.

This year I have shed my wrinkled bitter scrooge skin of yesterday and decided that in actual fact I really am quite lucky to have my birthday on a day in which some other people get to feel special too.

2 Years ago on Christmas Eve, I was depressed, I had recently broken up with my boyfriend of the time, I had been looking after my sisters Kittens for two days while she was away, I locked myself in her house and wanted to die, I canccelled any form of celebration, I cried for ten hours. Then I got drunk with said ex and stumbled to a bog standard chain pub to wallow in my misery with the cause of it, who soon got drunk and high , was sick and left.

Then I met Mike...

Mike was with 2 of my friends in said rubbish chain pub and we talked all night about writing and reading and obscure conspiracy theories. I wont bore you with details.Two years on we live together in a house which he has allowed me to cover in cute crap I love and he tolerates. Mike has made me love Christmas & My Birthday for the first time since childhood. I sometimes feel overwhelmed by his Love.

This Year for the first time since childhood I'm Really Fucking Excited!!!!

Im sitting at my desk in work typing this with a crown on my head insisting My work collegues listen to Christmas Music, I have spent all my wages on presents which I have wrapped and put under our over stuffed Tree.

I have turned into the me of 2 years ago's worst enemy, but Fuck it I'm happy.

This has been more cheesey and awful than I intended but I had to get it out. I will add more later when at home.

Love to you all at Christmas, I hope you get to live it like an overexcited child too.

xxxxxx